The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing

On the evening of her father's funeral, while his family recites suras from the Koran, Noun interrupts...
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Author: Darina Al Joundi
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Language: English
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The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing by Al Joundi, Darina

The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing

$31.68

The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing

$31.68
Author: Darina Al Joundi
Format: Paperback
Language: English

On the evening of her father's funeral, while his family recites suras from the Koran, Noun interrupts the ceremony. Faithful to the memory of her father, a writer and journalist, a freedom fighter, she decides to put an end to this memorial and to make sure that her father's last wishes are respected: to be buried to a jazz tune. Locked up with the dead body, Noun looks back on her experience in Lebanon. She reminisces about the war, the straitjacket of religion, the weight of prejudice and her struggle against an all-powerful male society that forbids women to speak.


Le Jour où Nina Simone a cessé de chanter (The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing) was an instant sensation when it was first performed as a one-woman play at the Avignon festival in July 2007: it sold out at every performance and resulted in multiple runs in Paris and throughout France.



Author: Darina Al Joundi
Publisher: Naked Eye Publishing
Published: 03/03/2022
Pages: 70
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.15d
ISBN: 9781910981177

About the Author
Al Joundi, Darina: - Darina Al Joundi is a critically acclaimed actor and writer of Lebanese-Syrian origin. The daughter of notorious Syrian journalist, freedom fighter, political activist and exile Assim Al Joundi, Darina Al Joundi is known throughout the Arab world for her television and film roles, and has also played occasional roles in popular English-language series such as Homeland and Tyrants. She has published two novels and two plays, and is currently working on a film adaptation of her second novel.Vassallo, Helen: - Helen Vassallo is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter, UK. Her primary research interests are in autobiography, illness narratives, and legacies of conflict. She leads an ongoing research project, Translating Women. Launched in 2018, the project both investigates and raises public awareness of broad issues relating to the representation of female-authored books in the UK.

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